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Then they gave money to the masons and [a]carpenters, and (A)food, drink, and oil to the Sidonians and to the Tyrians, (B)to bring cedar wood from Lebanon to the sea at (C)Joppa, according to the permission they had [b]from (D)Cyrus king of Persia.

The Foundation of the Temple of Yahweh

Now in the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem in the second month, (E)Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all who came from the captivity to Jerusalem, began the work and (F)appointed the Levites from twenty years and older to direct the work of the house of Yahweh. Then (G)Jeshua with his sons and brothers stood united with Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of [c]Judah and the sons of Henadad with their sons and brothers the Levites, to direct those who do the work in the house of God.

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  1. Ezra 3:7 Or craftsmen of wood, cf. 2 Sam 5:11
  2. Ezra 3:7 Lit of
  3. Ezra 3:9 In Ezra 2:40, Hodaviah

They gave money to the stonecutters and artisans, and gave food, drink, and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre, so they could bring cedar wood from Lebanon to Joppa by sea,(A) according to the authorization given them by King Cyrus of Persia.(B)

Rebuilding the Temple

In the second month of the second year after they arrived at God’s house in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak,(C) and the rest of their brothers, including the priests, the Levites, and all who had returned to Jerusalem from the captivity, began to build. They appointed the Levites who were 20 years old or more to supervise the work on the Lord’s house.(D) Jeshua with his sons and brothers, Kadmiel with his sons, and the sons of Judah[a] and of Henadad, with their sons and brothers, the Levites,(E) joined together to supervise those working on the house of God.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 3:9 Or Hodaviah; Neh 7:43; 1 Esdras 5:58